Global analysis of gene expression profiles in developing physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) seeds.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) is an oilseed plant species with high potential utility as a biofuel. Furthermore, following recent sequencing of its genome and the availability of expressed sequence tag (EST) libraries, it is a valuable model plant for studying carbon assimilation in endosperms of oilseed plants. There have been several transcriptomic analyses of developing physic nut seeds using ESTs, but they have provided limited information on the accumulation of stored resources in the seeds.

Methodology/principal findings

We applied next-generation Illumina sequencing technology to analyze global gene expression profiles of developing physic nut seeds 14, 19, 25, 29, 35, 41, and 45 days after pollination (DAP). The acquired profiles reveal the key genes, an

SUBMITTER: Jiang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3344900 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature